日本日經指數收跌2%,香港恒生指數收盤時暴跌近5%。首爾、悉尼和上海的股市星期四在收盤時也都下跌至少2%。歐洲各主要股市在午盤交易時的跌幅至少為3%。
Japan's Nikkei index closed two percent lower, while the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong plummeted nearly five percent at the closing bell. Markets in Seoul, Sydney and Shanghai had also posted losses of at least two percent on Thursday.Shares on Europe's key markets are all at least three percent lower in mid-morning trading.